1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data refers to all data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on this Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details of the responsible party in the “Responsible Entity Notice” section of this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be data you enter into a contact form, for example.
Other data is automatically collected or after your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. These are primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
For this and other questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is primarily done with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
We host the content of our website with the following provider:
IONOS
The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to IONOS’s privacy policy: https://www.ionos.com/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.
The use of IONOS is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in presenting our website in the most reliable manner possible. If consent has been obtained, processing is carried out solely on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG, to the extent that the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the service mentioned above. This is a legally required contract that ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is information that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.
Responsible Entity Notice
The responsible entity for data processing on this website is:
I&P Development SARL
Avenue Lokele No. 4
Kinshasa-Gombe
Phone: +243 830 544 365
Email: contact@ipd-africa.com
The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (such as names, email addresses, etc.).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage duration is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods); in the latter case, deletion will occur after the expiration of these reasons.
General Information about the Legal Bases for Data Processing on this Website
If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data under Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In case of explicit consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your terminal device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), data processing is additionally based on § 25(1) TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for contract fulfillment or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data if it is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation based on Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing can also be carried out based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The relevant legal bases for each specific case are provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Notice on Data Transfer to the USA and Other Third Countries
We use tools from companies based in the USA or other data protection non-secure third countries. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in these third countries. We would like to inform you that these countries may not guarantee a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU. For instance, US companies are obligated to provide personal data to security authorities without the possibility for you as an affected individual to legally challenge this. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, evaluate, and store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke a previously given consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 GDPR)
IF DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6(1)(e) OR (f) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, INCLUDING PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. YOU CAN FIND THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(1) GDPR).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING, INCLUDING PROFILING IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21(2) GDPR).
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive the data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in an automated manner, handed over to yourself or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transmission of the data to another data controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.
Information, Correction, and Deletion
You have the right, in accordance with applicable legal provisions, to obtain free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, the right to correction or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data. To exercise this right, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. During the verification period, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/will be conducted unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data but you need them for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. If it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may – apart from storage – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.
SSL/TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this page uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Encrypted Payment Transactions on This Website
If, after concluding a paid contract, there is an obligation to transmit your payment data (e.g., account number for direct debit), this data is required for payment processing.
Payment transactions via the common payment methods (Visa/MasterCard, direct debit) are exclusively conducted via an encrypted SSL/TLS connection. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Objection to Promotional Emails
The use of contact details published within the scope of the legal notice obligation for the transmission of unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for instance via spam emails.
4. Data Collection on this Website
Cookies
Our websites use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets that do not harm your device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (persistent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted after your visit ends. Persistent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion is performed by your web browser.
Cookies can originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of specific services from third-party companies within websites (e.g., cookies for payment processing services).
Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.
Cookies that are necessary for the execution of electronic communication processes, for providing specific functions requested by you (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or for optimizing the website (e.g., cookies for measuring web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TTDSG); the consent can be revoked at any time.
You can configure your browser settings to inform you about the setting of cookies, allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, reject cookies for specific cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.
Details regarding which cookies and services are used on this website can be found in this privacy policy.
Contact Form
If you submit inquiries to us via the contact form, your information from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not disclose this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively handling the inquiries directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR), if it has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you entered in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completing the processing of your inquiry). Mandatory legal provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.
Inquiry via Email, Telephone, or Fax
When you contact us via email, telephone, or fax, your inquiry, including all related personal data (such as name and inquiry details), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of addressing your request. We do not disclose this information without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR, provided that your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is carried out based on our legitimate interest in efficiently handling the inquiries directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR), if it has been requested. Consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you provide to us through contact inquiries will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose of data storage no longer applies (e.g., after completing the processing of your request). Mandatory legal provisions, especially statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.
Registration on this Website
You can register on this website to access additional features on the site. The data entered for this purpose will only be used to enable the use of the respective offer or service for which you have registered. The mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise, we will reject the registration.
For significant changes, such as modifications to the scope of offerings or technically necessary changes, we will use the email address provided during registration to inform you through this means.
The processing of the data entered during registration is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling the user relationship established through registration and, if applicable, for initiating further contracts (Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).
The data collected during registration will be stored by us as long as you are registered on this website and will be deleted thereafter. Legal retention periods remain unaffected.
5. Social Media
This website uses components of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Whenever a page of this website containing LinkedIn components is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
Where consent has been obtained, the use of the aforementioned service is based on Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR and § 25 of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. If no consent has been obtained, the use of the service is based on our legitimate interest in achieving the widest possible visibility on social media.
Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission. Details can be found here: [https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62538/datenubertragung-aus-der-eu-dem-ewr-und-der-schweiz?lang=de)
Further information on this can be found in LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy: [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy)
6. Newsletter
Newsletter Data
If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require your email address and information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. Further data is not collected or is collected on a voluntary basis only. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not share it with third parties.
The processing of data entered into the newsletter registration form is based exclusively on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR). The consent given for storing the data, the email address, and their use for sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time, for example via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
The data you provide us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter with us or the newsletter service provider and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after unsubscribing from the newsletter or when the purpose no longer applies. We reserve the right to delete or block email addresses from our newsletter distribution list at our discretion within the scope of our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.
Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you have unsubscribed from the newsletter distribution list, your email address may be stored in a blacklist by us or the newsletter service provider, if necessary to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist is used solely for this purpose and is not merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with legal requirements for sending newsletters (legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). The storage in the blacklist is not time-limited. You can object to this storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
